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It has been a few years since I have built a deck, and I recently bought a summer rental/beach house. In that time, I know that Trex and Azek have come a long way. I was curious the pros and cons of each to help mak...
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I'm curious if anyone has had any success using business credit based on an existing established non-RE business to purchase residential investment property? I'm in the process of talking with several lenders found b...
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I know that I should let this thought go because outsourcing saves so much time and effort but every time I pull the report for how much we spend on direct mail marketing it blows me away. We could have purchased a re...
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1. Quality products (homes) = Quality rentersA clean well updated home or apartment is going to attract clean reliable renters. It is very important to have a qualified renter that meets your rental property criteria,...
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I am developing an 8 Unit Apartment Complex in Texas. In a perfect world, I would get a non-recourse construction loan, one-time close to permanent financing. Does this product exist? The LLC already owns the land and...
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Hello all,Extremely excited to have stumbled across this community while reading a few of Brandon Turner's books on real estate investing! I am hoping to start my real estate investment journey with a couple of condos...
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I acquired an 80 unit complex early last year that featured a coin operated laundry room. There's a total of ten machines, five washers and five dryers. One washer and dryer recently went out and is beyond repair. I w...
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Hello BP community (especially mortgage folks),I recently ran into an issue when having my credit pulled by a mortgage broker. I’m seeing different credit scores on my monitoring services that the score the broker pul...
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Based on my research, and what I've heard from numerous lenders, a 5 unit home is classified as a commercial property, and can only qualify for commercial loans. Is this understanding correct?
So far, the only bank/l...
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If the builder performs a poor installation of vinyl flooring, leading to it ripping off after 2 years, are they responsible for repairing the damages, or are they exempt after 1 year? We have been told that the warra...